Snapchat Raises $1.8 Billion in Funding

Building War Chest for Media Platform Expansion

Published on May 26, 2016.

Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, has raised $1.8 billion in its latest funding round, according to a regulatory filing Thursday, padding its war chest as it attempts to evolve from a teen phenomenon into a broader platform of media and video content.

The investments come from General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price, Lone Pine, Glade Brook Capital, IVP, Coatue Management, Fidelity and others, according to TechCrunch. The website also said Snapchat was seeking a valuation of about $20 billion. Snapchat didn't disclose those details in its filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.

Separately, TechCrunch said it had obtained a leaked pitch deck, showing that Snapchat brought in just $59 million in revenue in 2015, but is now ramping up its business in earnest.